Monday, October 31, 2011

10.31.11

My parents attened the infamous Evil Ball on Saturday night. We went up to their Salt Lake hotel room to help them get ready... well, I had to put tatoos, eyeliner and fake earrings on my dad... a little disturbing.

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Their costumes looked awesome!

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Here's Becky as The Black Swan. And Larry as Brett Michaels.


Monet was a little uneasy about the whole thing. I didn't know how to explain Brett Michaels to her so I told her grandpa was going to be a cowboy kind of. So when we got to the room she saw him and said, "you're not Woody!"


Saturday, October 29, 2011

10.29.11

We had a super fun time at the Dinosaur Museum yesterday with Finn, Whitney and baby Holland (who is the cutest thing ever. )


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We bought this skeleton guy from Thanksgiving Point. On the way home he was sitting next to Monet, and she said to him, "Mr Skeleton, would you like some soup when we get home? Yeah? Yeah you do? OK, sure." She was loving him yesterday (she's holding his hand in the photo.) But then she woke up in the middle of the night talking about him. Which made me a little worried that it's secretly scaring her! So I put him in the basement storage til next year!

Just between you and me, I'm really ready for Halloween to come and go. After Halloween Disneyland, watching the Nightmare before Xmas 40 times, Halloween decorations up since Oct 1st, multiple visits to Cornbellys, pumpkin carving, carmel apple making, talking about Halloween costumes all day everyday... I'm Halloweened out!!!



Thursday, October 27, 2011

10.27.11

Chloe went to Homecoming a few weeks ago. I can't believe this was her last homecoming. Tear. It's so much fun shopping and putting her together for these dances. And she's pretty easy to make cute so that makes it even more fun!





Tuesday, October 25, 2011

10.25.11

Last night we had a pumpkin carving party at our house, with all of the family


(minus Riley who is in Montana.)


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Monet has an obsession with The Nightmare Before Christmas. She watches the movie everyday. She has the toys. She wanted to be Sally for Halloween but we couldn't find a costume small enough... anyways we kind of had a Nightmare Before Christmas party. She helped me make Jack Skellington cupcakes.This is everyone taking a pumpkin gut cleaning break and eating dinner.
This is the carving station. The hands down, no competition, best pumpkin carvers are Dylan and Chloe. They are diligent, patient, creative, everyone else took about 20 minutes, they took a of couple hours...

Monet's self made cupcake. A little more sprinkles maybe?


The final pumpkins: Sally made by Dylan.


Oggie Boogie made by Chloe & Dylan


Jack made by Chloe.


Here's Monet sitting in between all of them. It was the first thing she wanted to look at this morning when she woke up.


Sorry, Larry, Grant, Wyatt, and Shellie for not getting a solid photo of your pumpkins. Looks like you'll just have to try a little harder next year to make the blog :)

Thursday, October 20, 2011

10.20.11

Monet has this thing for these little Disney figurines. You buy them at the Disney store, there are about 8 in a package. And she LOVES them. I bet she has about 50. She lines them up on the coffee table and talks to them, and makes up these funny little stories. They entertain her for hours.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

10.11.11

I would definitely say that collectively, our favorite place to be is the golf course. In the late afternoon, when no one is around, we go out and let Monet run wild. She likes to buy treats in the vending machine. Not so much for the treat but more so for the excitement of putting the money into the slot... She rolls around...
and lines up her toys...
She lays down and tells us that she's looking at the clouds...

She drives the cart and insists that it's all by herself...

She puts all of the balls in the hole, collects broken tees and rakes the sand.

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There is no where better to be.

10.11.11

Monet at her friend Dylan's 1st Birthday party. Pleeeeeeeeease take a picture with me.
Thank you.


Thursday, October 6, 2011

10.6.11

Sunday afternoon we all hiked Stewart Falls. The weather was gorgeous and the leaves were beautiful. Monet wanted me to hold her the whole time, which got tiring, but we had a lot of fun.








10.6.11

Happy Birthday MOM!


We had a fun brithday celebration for my mom on Monday!

Love YOU!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

10.02.11

Happy 8th Anniversary Grant. Love you.